This collection of primarily contemporary readings is organized around the various rhetorical purposes that motivate writers. Including detailed guides to writing motives such as Analyzing Texts, Analyzing Images, and Writing Arguments, this text provides a rhetorically grounded approach to academic writing and research.

8. Writing to Inspire Others You Are Me, Larry Carlat I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. Democratic Bedrock, Garrison Keillor I Know a Child, Ron Reagan Companion Text: Speech by Nancy Reagan The State of Our Union, George Bush A Hanging, George Orwell Am I Blue?, Alice Walker

10. Writing to Experiment with Form Et in Arcadia Ego, John Berger The Deer at Providencia, Annie Dillard Marrakech, George Orwell If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?, Geeta Kothari I Was Born, Luc Sante Oranges and Sweet Sister Boy, Judy Ruiz

This collection of primarily contemporary readings is organized around the various rhetorical purposes that motivate writers. Including detailed guides to writing motives such as Analyzing Texts, Analyzing Images, and Writing Arguments, this text provides a rhetorically grounded approach to academic writing and research.

8. Writing to Inspire Others You Are Me, Larry Carlat I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. Democratic Bedrock, Garrison Keillor I Know a Child, Ron Reagan Companion Text: Speech by Nancy Reagan The State of Our Union, George Bush A Hanging, George Orwell Am I Blue?, Alice Walker

10. Writing to Experiment with Form Et in Arcadia Ego, John Berger The Deer at Providencia, Annie Dillard Marrakech, George Orwell If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?, Geeta Kothari I Was Born, Luc Sante Oranges and Sweet Sister Boy, Judy Ruiz